Articles related to "Winter Shrubs"



Winter Interest Plants, Part I- My Favorite Winter Shrubs
Here are a few of my favorite winter interest shrubs and why I like them. Could they have a place in your winter garden?
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Early Spring Perennials
With the sap rising and spring not far away, I look at why the structure and bones of the garden are so important in winter. Also, how the dull days of winter can be made so much more exciting and brighter, with some really exotic colours and scents of early spring flowering shrubs and plants.
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Winter Tasks for Trees and Shrubs
Trees and shrubs add structural interest to the winter organic garden. Ensure they survive the season with proper maintenance.
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Blue and Black Winter Berries
Learn about the plants that provide winter interest with blue, purple or black colored berries.
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Shrubs For Winter Color and Birds
Provide a winter food source for birds, and add color to an otherwise drab winter landscape with these three shrubs.
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Totally Southern Hydrangeas
So, you're in the South now and you did as all good Southerners do--you planted your first hydrangea.
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Decorating the Home with Flowers
The moral of the story? Not to rely on commercial products? Or where would we be without sticky tape?

Winter Garden Interest III - Sculpture and Structure
Trees with interesting forms or exotically contorted branches can function as living sculpture in the garden. Add that to a bit of non-living structure - arbors, trellises, or simply the outlines of the raised beds in a garden can create interest on even the dreariest of winter days.

Winter Garden Interest V - Berries and Broadleaf Evergreens
There are plenty of plants with bright berries that summon the birds to your winter garden. And there are shrubs and trees that keep their leaves in the cold, adding more color and fullness to the scene.

Winter Gardens - Colorful Evergreen "Bones" - Part II
Evergreens aren't just evergreen - they are ever gold, blue, white, cream - even variegated. And they come in varied sizes from tiny dwarfs to giants that will dwarf your house. They are close to indispensible in creating year-round interest in the garden.

Winter Interest IV - Colorful Twigs and Bark
Believe it or not, you can get plenty of bright, hot color in your winter garden - just choose shrubs and trees with brightly colored or patterned bark.


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